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at 1:07 did he really say "pull the foreskin" off the Torah? This suggests yet another bizarre "Messianic" ritual that has so far escaped comment.

Great song, great double album. Many of their albums are available on CD, and are well worth the buying.

When I saw them many many years ago, Mitchell introduced the trio, with "My name is Chad Mitchell; I do *not* like to be referred to as 'the short blond one in the middle.'"

Most of K&C's songs are old ballads, but this one is by Mark Spoelstra, IMHO a very under-appreciated singer/songwriter. His sets at the Jabberwocky in Berkeley CA completely knocked us out. He explained that he had met this boy from a very poor family while doing Alternative Service in Fresno ...

George Wyner has been in every American tv show ever made, and half the movies, but this scene will last forever

If I were to claim that because of my extreme virtue I am exempt from ordinary laws, or that I have been specifically charged by God to to push other people around, especially when it it's to my own profit, I would be considered a lunatic. If I were to act on these claims, I would be considered ...

@ThePhiltheValiant And for a reprise on the new date, October 21! (written on October 24)

@idicula1979 (continued) Trade agreements are very delicate trade-offs on all sides, a way to avoid the alternative--beggar-your-neighbour trade wars. I certainly would not advocate dropping all trade barriers against all other economies (which well might be a race to the bottom), but in the c...

It's a tradition in many Canadian folk-music festivals (and probably American ones as well, I guess) to end up with all performers on stage singing together some particularly significant folk songs. It was mentioned on CBC Sunday Morning's musical tribute to Jack Layton (2011-08-28, first hour) ...

The question of Jewish doctors treating gentiles on the sabbath, the fate of the Amelakites, and some other issues, are addressed in an interesting 2007 article in The New York Times Magazine. Apparently YouTube postings are not allowed to contain URLs, but if you do a search on:

"Noah Feldma...

@jollywigs -- I agree! What other band could open for themselves as a glitter band and get boo'd off the stage? I loved watching them live. The would careen around the stage, knocking over mike stands--but I began to notice that when one of them had a vocal, the mike was always in the right pos...

I believe that this is one of the all-time greatest albums ever. This particular song was also played by The Home Service (one of the many combinations and permutations of Fairport Convention / Albion Band, this time led by John Tams) which was the orchestra for _The Mysteries_ in London in the ...

@EyeballMuscles FWIW: as a previous poster has pointed out, "spanner" is British for "wrench"; North Americans would say something like "he threw a monkey wrench in the works." However, John Lennon did write a book with the punning title "A Spaniard in the Works," which may be the source of yo...